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When walking through the entrance gates you are met with a manicured garden that showcases the impressive mansion beautifully.
The interiors not only hold the National Archives but numerous rooms that have been converted to their original state. The Princess's Rooms on First Floor being...More

I very much enjoyed a short visit to the national archives in Paris. They had on a good exhibit on the ill treatment of women in France, from a Joan of Arc and Marie Antoinette to more recent times, with documents from French history accessible...More

Stumbled upon this building while out walking in Paris one day in September 2013. There are some really nice portraits upstairs that they also made into postcards. Beautiful historical buildings surrounded by lovely gardens full of hibiscus and other flowers. Nice to walk around the...More

Interesting display of elegant rooms on 2 floors and French historical artifacts, such as a copy of the Edict of Nantes. There are also wonderful garden areas, and the entry court is quite spectacular.

Not only the Hotel de Soubise is definitely the richest private mansion in Paris at the 18th, but go there not only for the interiors or the exhibitions.
Entering all the successive gardens, you"ll discover other constructions from the same period.
You may also rest...More

One of the few museums open on a Monday, I spent hours enjoying three distinct aspects: an unusual temporary exhibition about explorers, beautifully decorated eighteenth century rooms, and a display of 110 documents illustrating the rich contents of the archives. Arriving soon after opening, I...More

We were headed for the Musee Carnavalet only to find it closed (Monday), so we went to the nearby Archives National and were very glad we did. It's great to find a museum in Paris with no line. The building itself, the old Hotel de...More

Hôtel de Soubise is one of the finest private mansions in the Marais district, with reception rooms decorated by Germain Boffrand and paintings by Boucher, Van Loo, Trémolière...
The Musée des Archives Nationales permanently displays remarkable documents from the government archives as well as alternating...More

We found this building completely by accident since the Fodor's map we had mislabeled this building as a completely different museum (located several blocks away). We walked the gardens and grounds with a really kind pair of Parisian ladies who were eager to help us...More

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